Re: Restore or not restoring

Posted by DJL on March 21, 2006 at 07:15:54 from (164.144.240.25):

In Reply to: Restore or not restoring posted by Farmall Ed on March 21, 2006 at 05:22:48:

Farmall Ed,
I enjoyed reading your post. Sometimes us younger guys (34) fall into this trap of thinking....well, I'm already half-way into it, might as well keep replacing things. What we don't always remember is it's held up for 50+ years, through some heavy work/usage, and not caused a problem. We need to remember that this old iron doesn't usually go out and plow for us day in and day out. Most of us don't rely on these antiques to make us a living everyday. My dad, whose 70 years old, and I go around about this every once in awhile. We're working on our 3rd tractor now. To him, it's good enough if it starts and runs okay. (If I'd leave the painting to him, he'd paint em with a gallon of paint and a broom! LOL. To me, I error on the other side and can be too aggressive with wanting to fix things towards the perfectionist level. The answer, is somewhere in between, which sounds like where you are. You've evidentally got very mechanically sound tractors that look good and operate safely and correctly. That's good enough. If you're happy with them, that's what matters.
DJL

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